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Table 4 Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni based on point-of-care Circulating Cathodic Antigen (POC-CCA) test stratified by age and sex

From: Intestinal schistosomiasis of Ijinga Island, north-western Tanzania: prevalence, intensity of infection, hepatosplenic morbidities and their associated factors

Variables

No. examined

Prevalence

(%, n)

95%CI

χ2

P-value

Sex

Female

512

93.2%(477)

90.6–95.1

3.9839

0.046

Male

417

96.2%(401)

93.8–97.6

Age (in years)

1–5

71

95.8%(401)

87.4–98.7

34.2723

0.001

6–15

418

98.1%(410)

96.2–99.0

16–25

119

91.6%(109)

84.9–95.5

26–35

103

88.4%(91)

80.4–93.3

36–45

91

97.8%(89)

91.4–99.5

≥ 46

127

87.4%(111)

80.3–92.2

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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